Doing business gets smarter
Buzz talks to Mohammed Shael al Saadi, CEO, Corporate Strategic Affairs at Dubai's Department of Economic Development (DED) about the DED’s crucial role in accelerating Dubai’s journey to happiness and progress.
What’s driving the connected car?
Do you know who your car is talking to? It could be a parking meter, traffic signal, the emergency services, or even other vehicles. Driven by the potential benefits of the Internet of Things, automakers are among the earliest adopters in the fast lane.
Smarter cities, smarter citizens
Cities are complex ecosystems that must be run efficiently to function well—and they are growing fast. According to the United Nations, by 2050 the number of urban residents will reach 6.2 billion, 66% of the projected global population.
Rio: Brazil’s smartest city
As Rio de Janeiro's mayor since 2008, Eduardo Paes has run Brazil's most iconic city through times of triumph and tragedy.
Digital technology reshapes city services
Faced with the many economic, social and environmental challenges of rapid urbanization, city authorities of today have found an important new ally in the shape of cutting-edge digital technology and services.
Blockchain set to revolutionize retail
For traditional retailers facing increased competition from e-commerce, digital technology offers the opportunity to fight back by giving customers unique personalized experiences that they cannot find online.
Dubai real estate reaches for the sky
As Expo 2020 nears the halfway mark in the global financial, trade, and tourism hub of Dubai, the city’s real estate market is in better shape than it has been in almost a decade.
The power shift
From 2001 through 2005, Enel, a multinational energy company that serves 61 million clients in 30 countries, began rolling out the world's first Smart Grid.
Powering innovation one cell at a time
Launched in 2015, the Woodstock, South Africa-headquartered peer-to-peer lending platform illuminates—quite literally—a market that has been in the Dark Ages.
A smart highway to happiness
Launched in 2013, the Dubai Smart City initiative continues the Emirate’s knowledge-economy focus and its commitment to building a global city. With success calibrated...
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Pioneers in fuel cell and electric mobility
With air quality in cities deteriorating over recent years, sustainable mobility solutions are coming into focus. We are at the outset of an eco-cars era.
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Forget the blah blah blah
On April 29, Madrid's historic Palacio Cibeles was not just a backdrop but a beacon of modernity, as it hosted the remarkable "CUPRA Design Obsession" event. This wasn’t just another car launch; it was a manifesto of style, declaring CUPRA’s unwavering commitment to design as its core tenet.
